Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1889, Page 7

BIG GAME FOR THE RIFLE. MOOSE HUNTING IN CANADA. TROPHIES WON BY A WASHINGTON MAN. Gol. Cecil Clay Tells a Star Reporter Some- thing About His Favorite Sport. PENETRATING THE FORESTS IX SFARCH OF THE GIANT MOOSE—CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AX- THAL—HOW HE 18 “CALLED” BY INDIAXE— CHASING 4 BIG BULL IN A CANOE. yy _—o_. OOSE hunting! And as one speaks the words in }the hearing of an in- phabitant of the far north his eyes begin to kindle, his band seems to be involuntarily jclasping an invisible rifle; he is carried in = fancy by the mystic eharm of the words from the haunts of civ- flized man back into the wilderness of woods, where the wild beasts and the uutamed birds dwell in tangled mazes seldom desecrated by the foot of mun. He sees himself as he stood Years ago with every sound about him bushed in expectancy, his ears strained to catch the first note of warning that tells of the approach of a moose, the king of the a— poner ‘The sport is fascinating, exhilirating, ing. involving an amount of inioe tae hard ship mingled in that delightful combination that make the blood of the true hunter of large game leap more quickly at its mention, eZ <a ‘A “a Col. CLAY'S TENT. Col. Cecil Clay of this city, the chief clerk of the Department of Justice, isa hunter such as this, and his home is filled with trophies of his warfare on the moose family. For several years back he has gone to Canada each sum- mer and, after providing himself with Indian guides and the paraphernalia neceasary for a month’s sojourn in the woods, he plunges into the forest. If there should be navigable waters the party ascends them in canoes, but some- times the spot selected for the hunt is acces- sible only by land, and then the good muscle of very man istried to its utmost. Col. Clay's favorite hunting ground is among the lak and streams forming the headwaters of the Ottawa river, some distance into the Dominion of Canada, althongh he has gone to several laces during his bunting experiences. But Ris altogether likely that be will not kill any more moose for a long time, a prohibitory law having been put in force in the Dominion which make it an offense to shoot moose until the vear 1396, This was done in order to pre- Vent the annihilation of the animals altogether. HUNTING IN THE INTERESTS OF SCIENCE. Two or three years ago Dr. Goode of the Na- tional museum requested the colonel to secure the skins of a number of moose for mounting in the museum, to make a group of the finest animals in the American forests, He wanted a bull, a cow and a calf, a complete family. Bulls are considered legitimate prey for a sportsman, but Col. Clay shrunk from the idea of shooting ® cow and calf, which are usually exempt from the hunter's rifle. He promised. however, to Provide the skins for a scientific purpose. So, swallowing his scruples, he killed the cow an calf during the summer of 1886 in the province of Ontario, The cow was 6 feet 4 inches in height at the withers, or shoulders, and 7 feet3 inches from the ears to the end of the backbone, the girth being equal to this last di- Mmension. This is a good size for a cow, but he had poorer luck in shooting the bull, which he did last simmer. The prohibitory law was shen in force, but he was given an intimation by the Canadian authorities that if the bull Was wanted for scientific purposes the eye of the law would be closed for the moment, and when a young bull, rather smaller than he might have obtained, came stalking up to bis tent one morning, waiting to be sacriticed on the altar of science, he could not withstand the temptation, and pointing his Winchester at the beast’s withers he let the hammer fall acci- dentally and the great creature with his Bificent antlers fell crashing in the thicket. THE PALLEN MOOSE. ‘This cut, made from a photograph taken on ithe spot by Col. Clay, who is an enthusiastic ight of the camera, shows his son John ading by the fallen beast, and gives a good a of the comparative size of the animal. He ersured 6 feet 2 inches at the withers, this being rather under the size for a full-grown ull. Col. Clay has shot moose 6 feet 8 inches beicht, and feels that the group to be placed the museum is not as characteristic as it yht be. SOME GOSSIP ABOUT THE moose. “The moose is @ queer animal,” said Col. Y the other evening to a Star reporter as hunters who are in a hurr; > them by imitating the bellow of a cow, which is probably one of the most hideous noises ever produced, and is done by shouting or calling in a peculiar manner through the bands, or, bet- | ter still, through a roll of birch bark. This is @ great Indian trick, but I do not like it.” THE TALLY ON A RIFLE STOCK. The colone! paused and reached over for his gun, a light Winchester rifle incased in a yel- low cover made of moose skin. It was made light to accommodate the strength of the hun- ter, whose left arm was lost during the rebel- lion. On the stock were « number of notches cut into the wood. The reporter was examin- i ently, counting them, when Col. tis my eg for that gun. I ing these Clay explained: “That ave brought Eleven, are there ‘not? yes, down eleven moose with this rifle, and then I once shot another with John’s gun. Those twelve moose have kept usin meat many a day. to eat? Why of course moose m It is very fine,” and the colonel lips in remembrance. and also dries up into fine materia! large hunk of moose meat, several inches square, is taken end worked round and round with a knife until it is laid out fat,a strip of flesh several feet long. r over a fire and dried aud then we are provide: with food for a long time. use. A 1 at \ Then he flying water. only at a com HUNTING I¥ A CANOE. “I have often spent hours in my canoe with my rifle over my knees waiting for moose to appear. Stili huuting is probably the most sportsmanlike way to take moose. but this takes time and lots of patience. One would have to find a moose-run and wait. Some “Tt mak ff My | f SURPRISED IN THE WATER. “One morning,” continued the colonel, his eyes showing the depth of his reflections, “I | was up early getting some trout [ had caught | the day before ready for breakfast and had sent my companion down to the lake for some more, when all of a sudden here he came back, breathless, his hand up to his mouth. tiptoeing over to where I was. He finally managed to whisper that there was a moose in the water, and so, without another word, I grabbed my rifle and we stole down to where cur canoe was moored. The mist was just rising from the The sun was not up, but there was a glint and a spirit in the atmosphere that gave Promise of a beautiful day. | magnificent be TURNED FULL UPON US, “Tt was, I think, the finest sight I ever wit- nessed. We paddied ahead and I raised my rifle ready to shoot. AsI did so the moose turned to the shore from which he had come, but before he could get started I fired, hitting him, I think, somewhere in the lunged on at a terrific rate, his great legs rising and falling like the fans of @ wind-mill, churning the water iuto foam and scattering the spray, so that all we could see of the moose wasa dark center in a mass of We forged on after him, bat aratively snail's pace, I pumping lead into the fying mass all the time, until, about 200 fee‘ from shore, he gave a great leap into the air and fell, never to rise. frightful time get and st took us all the morning. ster.” and the colonel fondly patted the stock of his Winchester and a wistful, longing look came into his eyes, Written for the Evenixe Stan, ‘The Golden-Rod. Queen of Autumn flowers, You wave your golden wand O’er many a smiling land In other climes than ours, O’er waters darkly blue On fair Italia’s shore, In halcyon days of yore, ‘The poet sang of you. Perchance in some green spot Of Egypt's burning sands, From far off happy lands ‘You cheer the wanderer’s heart, Or on an Asian wold Beneath a tropic sun From morn till day is done, You treely shower your gold. Again, by some swift stream Ina lone Indian glen, Far from the haunts of men, Methinks you nod and dream, Go now, and whisper to The friend I love and say: “Though year may roll away I shall remember you.” And tell her, lovely flowers, call their game to macked his cps steak for future This is hun; There he stood, a t, one of the Ihad ever seen, some rods out from shore, wading across the lake, The cold water was up tohis withers and at every ste the almost icy depths he shivered and gave that hoh! in the characteristic language of the moose, He would put a foot forward and then stop and shrug his shoulders. grunting. It was cold and he did not like the prospect of swimming across the lake. We got into the canoe softly and paddled out toward him. For some time he went on stepping and grunting, never notic- ing us until we were about a hundred yards from him, when bis quit ear caught the sound of our paddles and he > he took into tting him ashore, I tell you, He was @ mon- THD MAGIO WRALTE OF HELENA—GREAT AGRI- GUATURAL REGIONS, WHERE GOLD 18 GAR- FERED 1% TER PORM OP WHEAT—SALOONS AND SUNDAY GAMBLING—4 REGION OF BEAUTY. Correspondence of Tas Evanrso Stax. Sposane Farts, W. T., September 8. The range of Snow mountains on the south of Livingiton, appropriately named, as they are always covered with snow, are extremely beantiful, grand and inspiring—their loftiest peaks being at times quite hard to distinguish | niaj meeting. This is the highest body in the ; Episcopal church, and from that fact as well from the light, fieecy clouds that surround them. Continuing west toward Helena the road runs parallel with and between two chains of snow-covered mountains, the Big Belt and Castle range on the north and the Snow range on the south. Boze- man, a large and gourishing agricultural town of 4,500 inhabitants, lies just south of the road, and I was informed by the citizens that no bet- ter farming district than this valley can be found in the west. They cultivate principally wheat, barly and oats, and raise from forty to sixty-five bushels of oats to the acre. They have three large grain elevators, and every thing ——— thrift and enterprise. If I should judge of wealth of the western men whom 1 see on the ranches. at the stock yards and at the railroad stations by the size of their watch chains or the number of their dia- mouds I would suppose them all millionaires; but the refined environment usually surround- ing diamonds in the east is not to be thought of among these men. Helena, 1,155 miles from the beginning of what is kuown as the Rock: mountain division of the road. Itis the capi- tal of Montwna, is pleasantly situated on the eastern foot of the main chain of the Rocky mountains and is the queen city of the moun- tains. In July. 1864, it was settled by four weary miners who, having been disappointed elsewhere in their search for gold, stopped here as their last chance for # find. It is said that within fifteen months they all left for the east, having $50,000 each. No doubt ithas been one of the richest mining fields of the west. It is currently reported that over $10,000,000 of gold have been taken from its mines, A WEALTHY crTY. It is now the wealthiest city of its size in the United States, Of its four national banks one alone has individual deposits of over three mil- lion of dollars. It has magnificent business blocks and fine residences, It was at this point that a poor youth, after dis: vering @ rich vein of gold, sold his mine for $2,250.000 cash and returned home a wise and exceedingly rich man, There is one nugget of gold in the vaults of the First national bank weighing 47.07 ounces, valued at $915.80, The city hasa terri- torial library, a classical school, good public schools, six churches, the United States oifice, fire department, electric lights, &e. mountain surroundings of Helena are beauti- ful, rising one above another until the more distant are lost among the clouds, Stepping from our car to the platform and glancing south we saw twelve saloons, all iocated ou one street frouting the station and all within 200 feet of it. Sunday, September 1, all of the saloons and gambling houses were open all day, and I guess ail night, and there were twice as many people visiting the saloons and gambling houses and on the streets on Sunday 4s on either the Saturday preceding or the Monday following. The saloon men say they do three times as much business on Sunday as on any other day. Through the city I would think there were two buildings devoted to the | liquor business to one devoted to any other kind of enterprise. It ig quite remurkable that in this new country, ali along the line of this road, wherever you find a s-itlement the first thing visible is # saloon, and often there is no other building to be seen, At one station where there were three buildings two were saloons and the third was a post ottice, dry goods, grocery and saloon combined. ASCENDING THE ROCKIES, Leaving Helena we commence the ascent of the Rocky mountains. The grandeur of this eastern approach to the mountains cannot be described. The train, consisting of twelve cars, was drawn by two monster low pressure en- gines, Foot by foot the train climbs the moun- tain side, overcoming, one after another, the gigantic barriers that seem to forbid our pas- sage. We pass under the shadow of greatrocks whose perpendicular sides seem to lead up to tops that pierce the clouds, and at other times along precipices (a glance at whose great depths makes one dizzy), over rocky shelves, through deep cuttings aud across ravines, and thus our train continues winding back and forth, con- stant y ascending, the great engines puffing and blowing like creatures of life laboring with a great burden. At last we reach the highest al- titude obtained by the train—5.547 feet—and enter the Mullen tunnel. which is 3.850 feet long. After riding in utter darkness through this tunuel we emerge therefrom and find our- selves on the Pacific side of the Rocky moun- tains. Here we stop toleave one of our monster locomotives and begin the descent on the Pa- cific side, Some of the views coming up the mountain on the east side were the grandest I have ever seen. Nothing in the Alle; ‘hanies, Green or White mount&ins compare with them’ As I looked upon the great giant mountains of rock, bathing their brows in the clouds, I could but think that these are but a few of the grand yet silent monuments that God hus reared to remind us of his power and presence, ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE, The descent on the Pacific side is quite ro- mantic and beautiful. The train follows the valley of the Little Blackfoot, passes between grassy hills and over fertile fields and valleys, and suggests more frequently agricultural in- terests than Rocky mountain scenery, Passing along for some hours we finally enter upon the famous Lake Pend d’Oreille and Clark's Fork conntry. For about one hundred and forty miles the road follows the course of the Jocko river, a beautiful stream through a beautiful country. It is near Arlee that we approach the first of those beautiful streams, whose gathered waters subsequently spread them- selves out into one of the most beauti- ful lakes of the west. The Jocko and the Flathead rivers, united with the Clark's fork of the Columbia and Missoula river supply the current of water that forms the lovely Lake Peud d'Oreille, one of the most beautaful sheets of water I have ever seen, comparing quite favorably with Lake George iu its charms of water, beautiful islands ‘and loyely scenery. It 1s about 240 miles long and in width from one-half to 12 miles, and is besutifilly surrounded by mountains. It is abundantly supplied with trout, bass and salmon aud anglers in a few hours will catch 50 or 60 pounds of choice fish. The surround- ing country is filled with game, and every- where mag A the line of the railroad in western Montana and northern Idaho we see camps of Indians, WAS IT A BEAR OR A MULE? | next | tion, 100 years ago. jchange in the constitution providing for a While Washington will havo a triennial gath- ering in the second week in October the first week of the same month will witness a notable assemblage in New York city, At that time the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States will hold its trien- as that of the importance of the matters to be | considered and the distinguished character of the lay and clerical delegates the meetings will be the center of interest for Episcopalians in all parts of the country, Rey. Dr. John H, Elliott and Won. J. ©, Bancroft Davis are the delegates from this city, chosen | at the last session of the diocesan convention of Maryland. These gentle have oceupied } Seats im former general conventions and are familiar with the methods of business, As is | well known the general convention is consti- tuted on a model very similar to that of the legislative body of the United States in that it ; has an upper anda lower house. The bishops | constitute one house and the clerical and lay | deputies the ther body, ) Each house has the ‘inatin; measures and of amend- | img and nullifying the acts of the other. Th | acts of either must be approved by the other | to become operative, | bishops in the upper house and the lower has | 400 members, as it is composed of four clerical S:. Paul, has a population of over 8,000 and is ‘There are seventy lelegates from each diocese. With ut do uot vote, one clerical and-one lay delegate from each missionary jurisdiction, A DOUBLE CENTENNIAL, The meeting occurs in a year of special im- | portance in the history of the Eptscopal church, as it is the centennial of two events—the one being the union of the church in several of the then newly created states and the other the tification of the Book of Common Prayer. | The first general convention met in Philadel- phia in 1785. It was attended by deputies from Maryland. New York. Pennsylvania, New Jer- sey, Delaware and Virginia—the members of New England churches, particularly Connecti- |eut, not attending, as there was opposition | there to the [in church government, and Connecticut participation of the laity had Bishop Samuel Seabury, who had received consecration November 14, 1734. at the hands of non-juring bishops in Scotland. The general convention in 1785 and at subse- quent sessions in June and October, 1736. pre- pared a liturgy based upon the English praver ook. adopted a constitution and arranged by correspondence with the English archbishops and bishops forthe consecration on February 4.1787, of Bishops William White for Penn- sylvania and Samuel Provoost for New York, who went to England for that purpose. Upon their return steps were taken toward a union of the church.which was finally effected at the meeting of the general conven- Then was made the separate honse of bishops and the final ratifi- cation of the prayer book. At that time the general convention was a small body with a small constituency. In 17839 the Episcopal eburch in the United States had seven | dioceses, three bishops, one hundred and | nine’ clergymen and about 7,500 communi- eants. The numberof communicants in 1300 was 11.978 and the ratio/of increase has been | about 20 per cent each triennial period. The | convention to assemble October 2 represents fifty dioceses, fourteen missionary jurisdictions, seventy bishops, including four who have re- signed their jurisdictions. fourteen missionary bishops and four assistant bishops, two bishops-elect, 3,500 clergy and 450,000 'com- municants, in round numbers. THE HOUSE OF DISHOPS is presided over by the senior bishop by con- secration. The present presiding officer is Bishop John Williams of Connecticut, who is seventy- two vears of age, but who is vigorons in action and clear in mind. Rey. Dr. Morzan Dix, the rector of Trinity church, New York city, was the presiding officer of the lower house three years ago. The other delegates from the diocese of Maryland to the convention are Rev. Drs, J. Houston Fecleston, Orlando Hutton and Walter W. Williams, Mr. Jas. Packard, ir., Jndge William A. Stewart and Mr. Skipwith Wilmer. WHERE THE MEETING WILL BE HELD. The meeting will be held in St. George's ehureh, East 16th street, New York. Three years ago the convention was held in Chicago. It has met seventeen times in Philadelphia, eleven times in New York. twice in Baltimore and once in Wilmington. LL, Trenton, N. J., New Haven, Conn., innati, Ohio, Rich- mond, Va., Boston, Mass,,and Chicago, There are several questions of importance which are likely to be considered by the con- vention. Among these may be mentioned the basis of representation and the title of the church. Under the present rules the vote is taken by dioceses and each diocese, small or great in territory or in the number of its com- municants, has an equal voice in the legislation of the general convention, THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO make the basis of representation in the lower house, as the house of deputies is known, so that the dioceses shall be represented in pro- portion to the number of the clergy, their parishes or their communicants. The question was debated in the convention held in Philadel- phia in 1983, but no action was reached. It did not come up at thelast convention. A number of the diocesan conventions have, howeve. taken action since the meeting of the last convention and their resolutions will be considered by the convention, The diocesan convention of Mary- land laid over a resolution of this kind until next year, Those who oppose any change of this character assert, among other rea- sons, that it would break the compact by which certan dioceses entered the con- vention—that the diocesan unit ought not to be broken; that it is contrary to the practices and principles of the church, as in nearly all the older dioceses there is no at- tempt made at proportional representation, and that if the change was made narrow views would be likely to sway legislation. Those in favor of such @ change maintain the present representation is not equitable and that it places on the minority the responsibility for legislation without conferring proportional owers of administration,and that it is also nn- je to the majority; that the unit of the dio- cese is preserved in the bishops, and that the smaller dioceses could be protected by the constitutional right to call fora vote by the dioceses, THE NAME OF THE CHURCH. At the last convention a resolution was in- troduced and debated to change the name of the church to the American Catholic church or the American church or the Church in the toa Sram reporter ene day this week. “The local demand is mot at all supplied by the | 120,000 barrels produced yearly by our own breweries, aud so outside manufacturers are drawn upon for about 70.000 barreis more. Of western beer one concern sends nearly 14.000 barrels of its product every twelvemunth to the national capital. The demand for this brand seents to be growing very rapidly.” “How is the beer from other cities brought to Washington?” “In barrels always of 31 gallons each. The | big western brewing companies have specially- constructed cars of their own for summer serve as a non-conductor. thus brought thousands of miles without any gant variation of temperature. the precaution is very necessary, for you see if beer gets warm and cool again two or three times its quality deteriorates, It should be kept at a certain degree of cold always, from the time. it leaves the brewery to the moment when it is poured into the glass drinking. After leay- ing the refri, tor carsat the Washington freight station the barrels must be placed in store houses and their contents kept down toa point not much above freezing by evaporated ammonia pumped through pipes. As it is wauted the beer is drawn off into bottles or quarter-barrel kegs of 73 gallons each, for sale. A keg of this vize orginally holds a fall 8 gallons, but every two or ikees months it must be coated inside with pitch and rosin and the hoops hammered down eg #0 that the re- ceptacle becomes gradually a little smaller.” KEEPING BEER FROM FREEZING. : “Does not the beer sometimes freeze in transit during the winter months.” “It happens sometimes, notwithstanding Precaution, such as packing the barrels ‘nd stable manure, Beer once frozen oiled, though I have heard it contended that by thawing it very slowly, the operation extending over two or three days, its quality could ve saved. If. however, while en route a carload is thoroughly congealed, balf-thawed and frozen again it is @ dead loss beyoud per- adventure. ‘T'wo-thirds of the beor shipped to this city from elsewhere is drunk from botti most of it over the bars. ‘The politicians alwa. take it that way and rarely on draught. It, might be worth mentioning, incidvntally, that oue of the biggest breweries in Washington | has been practically boycotted by the irish people here, owing to the report that it has passed into the control of an English syndi- cate.” HOW IT 18 MADE. “How is beer made?” “It is rather a» complicated process to be Summed up in a few words. However, malt | and hops are the chief ingredients. Malt is | barley cooked in kilms and ground up. The more itis cooked the darker will be the color ofthe beer. The ground malt goes into a mash-tub and is worked with hot water for three hours, until all the flavor bas been «x- tracted from it. Then the liquid is run off into a huge kettle and the hops are added. The nest hops come from Bohemia and Bavaria; in this country the vines grow too fast fer the quality of the product, Of the hops growa in tue United Staies the best are cultivated in New York. But, as I was saying, the malt liquor and the hops are cooked together for three honrs more, and the resulting solution is permitted to flow into a great iron vat, where the hops settle to the bottom. Now the beer is drawn off into a cooler and theuce | into fermenting vats, where yeast is put with | it and it is allowed to stand for eighteen days, perhaps. At the end of this time it goes into casks in the cellar, where it remains tor two | or three months, while any foreign matter works up aud ou} of the upper banghole. aud | | Such particles of the hops as have not been dis- posed of #ink and attach themvclves to the wood shavings put in for shat purpose, Finally | the casks are buuged up for » few days to give the beer ‘lite,’ and the beverage is drawn off into barrels ready for market, It is this storing process through which it goes that gives it the name ‘lager,’ or ‘stored’ beer. The barrels are shipped to agents in various cities, and in this way reach the consumer.” GERMAN AND AMERICAN BEER. “Is the best German beer better than the best American?” “Opinions differ on that question. My own isthatit isno better. I have known 1 who said that better beer was made in this country than in the fatherland. On the other haud, many people here will drink noth- ing but the imporkd German beer. But it is not fair to compare the domestic beers with this imported article, because the latter is brewed expressly for export, tnd is stronger and better, with more hops in it, nm the product of the same bi eries intended for consumption in Ger- many. The German export beer brings a bigger price, and they can d to o it better. Nor can our export beer compete with theirs. for the reason that labor is so much dearer be and we must impert the hops. ‘There are many ways of making beer for x- portto keep. One big Washington brewor steams it after itis bottled. bus is gives the beer a peculiar taste that everyone does not like.” “What the best method of keeping beer cool behind the bar—putting the kegs im big | ice boxes while they are being drawn from or umping it up from the cellar through coils of peared pipes with ice on top of the coils?” either method is rfect, though I prefer the ice-box plan, for eason that the beer is apt to get le in the pipes between drinks, and it leaves a deposit in the coils that is very unpleasant and may taint the beer drawn through them. On the ether hand the pipe coils keep the beer at a more steady cold than the ice bex. You can have the pipe system put in for about $35, and it is an emormous saving inice, No, itis not true that brewers allow the men they employ, to drink all the beer they can, Mest of them give their hands an allow- ance of 80 or 100 glasses each per day. Others, like Heurich, permit them to drink all they wish so long as they do not become intoxi- cated.” ° —_————_ Saturday Smiles. Carpets are bought by the yard and soled by the foot.—Richmond Recorder, 4 As Adam remarked to Eve as théy sat out- side the garden gate: ‘We've had an un- usually early fall, have we not?”—St. Joseph News, ‘The tailor often sends home on Saturday the trousers he promised the Monday before, but, then, we are accustomed to these breeches of promise.—Pitisburg Chronicle. Heard in a Street Car.—Daughter- speak to ft Mr. could love “Don't Smith, mother; I never The husband that I h a mi 21, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. | expressed disquietude regardii transportation, with a double felt-lined sheil to | Tn these the barrels | of beer are shipped, with ice on top, and are | } i pair to the other in evident bewilderment, | hird | iin} frout of his eyes. Quite three-quarters of an | | salmon-colored trousers SECOND-HAND CLOTHING. The Supply in Washington Kept Up by Shipments From New York. “Awtally stylish pair of pants that,” said the shop clerk. “originally the property of a New York dude who wade it » rule ever to wear his treusers more than three times. So, Yen see, these are all but brand-new; mm have cos: $16 at first hand aud you ure getting them for $4. Why. it’s a deplorable sscrifice! Observe them stripes!—the very latest fashion, | only last spring.” And the counter jumper held up the candy hand-me-downs before the fascinated ga: an elderly colored man in a battered stovepipe hat and linen duster, The latter examined them inside and outside with the most anx deliberation, made grave inquiries as to the strength and quality of the cloth and finally the lin Whereupon the cierk, with a dexterons jerk, pulled another pair of uname checks from a shelf o out seductively, The cw 10) ymer looked from one which was acutely aggravated when a pair, in lighs salmon color, was dang! hour was spent in making a clioi peing at cided upp, wrapped up and paid for. Then, finding himself no longer occupied, the clerk weut out upon the freni sidewal he light sth de- from above, like ripe fruit ready to be plucked, and informed @ Stan repo whom he found there that the latter was in # rious need of a new suit of clothes, Upon as- certaining, however, that he was addressing one of the guild which eschews new suits of clothes the shop clerk refrained from pressing the point and politely changed the subject, macttag that the colored people were very hard to please when they bought clothing, particularly as to their trousers. He even found it necessary to have certain patterns in what he spoke of as ‘*pauts” to suit their taste, | CAST-OFF GARMENTS FROM NEW TORK. “Do you have many of the cast-off garments of York dudes for sale?” asked the news- paper man, playfuliy. “We reatiy do get nota few such,” replied the youth. “You see, we procure all our goods from New York city, as do other firms that do a big busi- ness in second-hand clothing in Washing city, but we do not, because the laws of the D trict make it necewary to report in writing every article of sort bought here. order to prevent stolen goods from being di posed of, and this us an cndless b fer to go on to New Yor and b in big quantilies from the whole=s “Bat from what sources do the wholesale men | obtain their supplies?” “L was just xbout to tell you. A great mai second-hand clothes are bought in New York by peddiers, who go about city asking from door to door for cast-off garments. Tue women are usually rather over ready than spose of the mon folks’ things, 3 vse may be done without, ior a tide in cash. Of course the peddler never gives acent more than he can help, aud it is his business to get the better of the haggle. When be gets au armful of goods he takes tiem to the whulesale man and rn ns What they are worth. Yhere is no hx there. To an expert a garment has a vase that 8 evident at @ glance to a cent's worth, if the fasb- jouable young men do not ives seil their clothing to the peddlers the latter are apt to buy them from the valets, wuo cannot very well wear them all, Why, there was 4 case brought up the other day ina New York court of a valet hauled uj * heard of by an- ether young swell who had employed the same valet six mouths before. It occurred to him shen that something of bis own might have been taken, and upon looking he found to his prise that thirty-three entre suits were missing frow his wardrobe. lc bad so many that in six mouths he had not discovered the Joss.” GOOD THINGS FROM THE PAWN SHOP, “And do the wholes: stock from the peddler: “Oh, no. pawn shops and that will account for the ex- cellent condition in which the better grades of second-hand garments are found. They are not ‘bung up’ by their owners with the inten- tion of dispensing with them, but with tne in- tention of getting them out when money is not so tight. And, generally speaking. the suit or Overcoat that goes to the pawnbroker is a good one, for the reason that a fair amount in cosh ean Ve obtained on it, while shabby th would not fetch what is required to th immediate necessity, But for reasons familiar enough a large percentage of the garments pawned iu this way are never recovered and are sold at periodical auctions to the wholesale men, who come and bid for them. The retail dealers, like ourselves. go to the wholesale es- tablishments aud buy in quantities, as any other goods are bought. with an eye to what we requite for our special class of trade, For Gret-ciass goods our cusiomers pay us, on or average, about 40 per cent of the tailer’s original ebarge for waking the clothes.” “The garments, I suppose. all go through some sort of renovation after coming from ths te pawnbroker’s aud before being sold” queriod | the reporter. an impertant part of t.vir business, Every- thing has to Ko through a thorough cleaning process, and whatever needle, thread and tons oan do to make each garment lock new isdoue. Hats and shoes are cathored just as coats and pants are. and are doctored up (or sale im the same manner. ‘There is very little outer clething in the world that is not worn by more than two people successively before it goes to therefuse heap. Perhaps you neve: thought of that?” eS HOW TO TREAT A WATCH. Hints for Keeping Your Timepiece in Good Order. From Chambers’ Journal. Having obtained a really serviceable article you should, in order to produce satifactory re- | sults, follow out these rules: Wind up your watch every day atthe same hour, This is generally done at the hour we retire to rest, or perhaps. better still, the hour we rise. Avoid putting a watch ona marble slab, or near anything excessively cold. The sudden transition from heat to cold contracting the metal may sometimes cause the mainspring to break. Indeed, the cold coagulates the oil, | and the wheel works and pivots working less freely affect the regularity of the timekeeper. | When we lay our watch aside we ought to slope it on a watch case so as to keep it nearly nables in loud | ad. and spread them | $P . Where coats, | waistcoats and pantaioons hung ia profusion | | bugaboo n.| from beginning to end. Some firms here guther their stock around the | r stealing his mas- | men get ail their) | The chief source of supply is the | reasonable suspicion a “Yes; the wholesale men attend to that; it is | SPIES ON GOVERNMENT CLERKS. The Pet Bugaboo of the Departments an Imaginary Terror Aimest. ENPLOTES OF TEE DEPARTMENTS anr NOT GmAD- OVED BY DETECTIVES, AF SO MANY @F TEEN Te AGINE, UNLESS THET RAYE GIVEN GROUNDS FOR SCSFICION—soME CURIOS Facts, reenable feature of my id Treasury clerk, “to feel that Tam always atched aud that I an never leave the department building or my ase with confidence that my foowtepe are not dogeed by seerct service detectives im search of as to my babita,” ied much at this and arch for information Tur Sran writer » devoted some time to on the subject. At length be came across @ high executive oficial with therough knowl edge of it, who chanced to be ina particularly | good humor, not tell vou about nO wee going to T, that of the 1,400 at least 1.000 ‘are are followed about ¢ by government de- exsly for that purpose, ir private aff them, The fact mployes in ut ey behave themselves and to re- rything they do that js naughty to the suthorities of the department. 1 a oney counter takes « clase of beer in asaioon be imagines tbat the man who picks bis teeth on the other side of the screen in the doorway is lurking there to watch the motions of his elbow. If the young lady who helps work the hash machine in the re- | demption division indulges in a flirtation at an e ev arty it is with a faint though baunt- ing dread lest the -ocked-eyed violin player may possibly be observing her atso much an hour, drawn on vouchers against the seoret ser- vice fund. If the youth who does up slver ia bags of €1.000 each invests $2 in po he caunot help suspecting that the new! duced acquaintance on the opposite vide of the table. who keeps straddling the blind so pre- vok: ¥.1# an officer in disguise detailed to shadow him. In short, this detective bugaboo ants a gloom of drend and distrast over the big building at the northwest end ef Pennsy!- vania avenue.” ONLY IN SPECIAL Cases, “And, pray, how much truth is therein the “Scarcely a bit. It is nearly all « delusion Employes of the Treasury are never watched by the secret ser- viee, unless in the cases of specified individuals whose behavior has aroused suspicion in the minds of their chiefs. In such au imstance the person in authority goes to the officer in charge of the secret service ond says: ‘So-and-No im my department is drinking bard or gambling, Tm airaid. Lwish you'd look him up and find out just how much dissipation be is indulging ‘in.’ Whereupon a detective is detuled to shadow that employe tor a few days and learn precisely whut he docs with his time and money. The number and kind of drinks he takes each twenty-four bours are duly scheduled. [f he plays the races at pool rooms the facts in that regard are poted down; incase poker or any other Vice is his hours devoted to it are recorded. tive makes up an elaborate sd submite weakness Fina ly. the di wrt on the case from his notes « is chief, who in turn b spection by tie head of de for the employe, The head of depart now supplied with facts to uct ujou the delinquent and, in most cases, wa somewhat in this ia Mr. So-and-so knowledge that a has been brow you are dri erfere with ue Lreasury. If you wish ur plate here, they must be stopped di for good. Lhut is all I have tosay, case is a very bad one, of course, dis- ve the poualty wihout warning, 2 readily understand that a s this in a big office might porting their little peccadilloes, The very wriowness of the means by which sach imy formation was obtained in the specitie instances whore discharges and warnings have come un- peciedly—Like lightning from « clear sky—is ulated to excite dread. At the same time there is very little reason for such fear. The secret service never pays any attention to the doings of « governmeut servant unless, as has been said, upon the express request of that servant's supe: in @; aud the latter doos not address such a request to the secret service chiet unless circumstances have given rise to a ust the employe, A man’s bad habits ure more than apt to afford their own evidence to his ew hours. His appearance may suggest the notion that be is dissipating or, more lpcly still, bis work will not be done with ite \@ual cleanness and precision. Then again wastes bis money on vices the butel baker, and the boarding house mi lauclord are apt te and they do tate to address « Asa rule no ate jon is paid to such com- plaints, but if they come ia so frequently us to be annoying, the secret service may be d jo look the mau up and fad out how ds the cash that he n't pay te his tradesmen and other credite If he is found to make a practice Of taking a drink before breakfast, two more before going to work. two more at lunch time aud four or tive more im venuug. with half adozen cigars at odd the day. a good part of bis in- dior, This form of strm- apt to accompany a taste races, Anyway, a prima out against him and eome fue morning be flods himself bounced. What I have becn saying wil! apply as well to other governmental departments as to the Treasury.” OLD CLERKS TAKE RISKS. “But the class of men employed in the de- partments is so high that 1 presume there are very few black sheep among them,” suggested the aper man, “That is, happily, very true,” replied the official, as he lighted a fresh cigar and offered ‘Tue Stag reporter another from the same box, And yet 1 will tell you @ very e fact—nameiy. that the men who drinking hard are, aa a rule, the ol most valued employes, rather than and comparatively untried ones. And only reason I can think of, to account for the cir cumstance, is that the seasoned and valuable mea feel more confident of the security of their positions and take risks which the fresher fellows would hesitate at. ‘hat the fact is as I have steed it I am assured, not only from my owe observations, but also from the testimony of detectives of my Acquaintance employed by the secret serv- ice. And. by the way, itis worth mentioning for playing case as madi sat in hie cozy parlor surrounded by his ‘ophies and scores of excellent photographs, “He will not leave a piace until he knows wh; should go. He is not afraid of a but he is generally good natured. is not 0 agressive animal, but is inclined to be curi- ous I have seen them come stepping softly through the woods headed for our clearing, —_ i in =" line. When he sat turns around and walks away, but ir you give chase or wound him he goes | *f; Whose every movement is money, was Plunging turough the forest at a remarkable | taking a few days’ “rest” recently at the home Fate when one considers the immense antlers | of his boyhood in the country. The “rest” with which his head is crowned, which some- Tforgot to mention that when climbing up| United States, as the name the Protestunt | desire is one who is above the sordid love of the Atlantic side of the Rocky mountains I | Episcopal church it was agreed does not cor- | gain, one who ever dwells in the atmosphere laying aside your watch be sure that it rests on | secret service is organized aud maintained tor rectly represent the true character of the | of moral tation.’ Giscoversd. coming dows covet the quiches tn | £500. "a vote was taken on tee reictienn|. Aen: "Meehan; Bllon: you are pursuing | its case. By suspending it free the action of | one object oniy- to suppress, coauterfeiting Lowghrerreag Ilgr bape eal gerenemapiccol spre one to expurge the words Protestant Episcopal | # will g' the wisp, an ignoranttactiousmess, you | the balance may cause oe Se eee oe ua, wha! and the other passengers (exce he know.” —Boston Transcri; ly a : ———_-~+ee. my wife) declared to be a real live wild bear, BP poo Acades Cie Ot the |” desthar fe one of the qeaice Stock out; its | , 1¢ you would keep your watch clean you must | fugitive national bank cashier, for instance— All Slow Boys Not District Messengers. | but my wife said it was a little mule, Her eve. clergy forty-nine dioceses were ropreseuted— | head fon't near as big as its mouth.—-Kenlucky | Be quite sure that the case fits firmly and never | ou con: Sencteed’ Se Eeeaee ap pete fle} From the New York Tribune, sight . not good. however, which may account 22, divided 10, State Journal. es it in any pocket bat one made of leather, 95 mt ; in wi ye . A busy and rather impetuous New York doc-| for her mistake, Passing by scores of other ‘bose pockets which dre lined with cloth, cot- | the government here in Deine a ee ve yee pete of interest ph will ee a et nar nays 29, di Ser ton, or calico give, by the coustant friction, a pe To page wus Sey oy ang te ge upon Spokane Falls. Nine milea west of | voi been n ing is char; enenes enrwi Rathdrum the road leaves wis of | Rea on Adee er tae cack oe docs it ua a favor, and only in cases where Idaho and enters Wi territory, and @ | vote, Of the 892 deputies the = e chiefly consisted of rushing here and there | few miles west th river comes in| recorded, Of these 620 | TROUBLED BY BLACKMAILERS. fimes grow to be six feet from tip to tip. behind « fast horse, visiting as many of his old | view aud shortly th spread out before the | ties—total 119—voted SHEDDING HIS HORNS, school chums as were still tilling farms in the | traveler the t Spokane plain, The town of “The moose sheds his horns each year, | neighborhood. His amusement at their placid, , lately partially destroyed by When the snow comes they are still on, but | “im, unhurried lives was as great as theirs at of the largest cities Sietd Jans they begin to drop off, his acquired feverish haste “to get there” us | of the far west, the surrounding country being eee ee ee P off, first one | soon as ible in all thivgs. On the last day | a great wheat district and there being near by and then the other. The wound left ay we of his is he drove along distance to see ua | six large mining sections, all of whose wealth | horn soon heals over. The horns do notlie on | old friend, who was plowing at the far end of pass through this city to find its market. fhe ground long. They disappear in = most | his farm when the doctor drove up. Every-| The lovely country and salubrious climate all kable 5 thing seemed asleep about the farm house, so | suggest for it future. Honesty, indus- the visitor drove straight down a lane toward try and enter; will secure success for an: the plowman. He had not man ur old Washington triend, A. 2 fence sto; Brandt, esq., lives but a short distance north spring and develop very rup- | son of bi of this The burnt district is being rap- eo “lt : that it is not a part of the business of the secret in the same position it has in the pocket. In | service to watch government employes. The That she shall ever be A glorious memory Of those bright Autumn hours, —CLARENCE CLEVELAND, A contemporary asserts that when ex-Senator Riddleberger is sober he is a republican and when “full” a dem On this th it is remarkable that he 6ver affiliated with re- iblican party for over fifteea minutes.—New York World. eres, terete mente we have wo! @ They | o tew questions, Is the school building well ventilated?” Trustee—“It ought tobe, There ain’t but four lights of glass in the whole darn thing.”— Burlington Free Press, De Gustibus (guest at summer hotel)—‘See waiter, do you know this battes tastes ae of kerosene?” iis he tea raiter (ex-colleian)—* accept ms “bod: matters, of taste, you know, it is idle to dispute.” —Drake’: | “80, from what you say,1 presume that there is actually very little spying done upon the de- partment people.” fi i your statement of the fi , frst appearing as a little kuob and then but many tents are at this branching out into those peculiar —— ening id wells for more since that aish the moose. They are fod that la hss then covered with a soft, they are phant and fleshy. Mates freely through easily, but duri at iF elvety skin and blood HH i hae There was a known snd shekes He Hie iF]